zebra
/ˈzebrə/noun
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- a large butterfly with pale bold stripes on a dark background, in particular斑马纹蝶, 尤指：
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- a yellow and black American butterfly (Heliconius charitonius, subfamily Heliconiinae, family Nymphalidae)纯蛱蝶（一种有黄黑相间条纹的美洲蝴蝶）（拉丁名Heliconius charitonius, 纯蛱蝶亚科, 蛱蝶科）。
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- （亦作Malayan zebra）a black and white Asian butterfly (Graphium delesserti, family Papilionidae)马来斑马纹蝶（一种有黑白相间条纹的亚洲蝴蝶）（拉丁名Graphium delesserti, 凤蝶科）。
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- （亦作zebra fish）S. African a silvery-gold sea bream with vertical black stripes〈南非〉斑马鱼, 重牙鲷（一种银金色的海产鲷科鱼类, 有黑色垂直条纹）。
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- Diplodus cervinus, family Sparidae.拉丁名Diplodus cervinus, 鲷科。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Italian， Spanish， or Portuguese， originally in the sense 'wild ass'， perhaps ultimately from Latin equiferus, from equus 'horse' + ferus 'wild'.